I would like to say Merry Christmas to all of you who observe this special day. To those of you who don't I wish you a happy holiday season.
This year has been difficult for some, better for others, but in the end it is almost over and a new year is upon us. The promises of a new year gets everyone excited, as they all get a renewed sense of hope. A sense that this will be a good year, that this is their year and nothing is going to stop them.
Hope is a very powerful word, it can make a person feel good about ones future but to those that lose hope it can make a person feel like there there is nothing left for them in this world. Please remember that there is always Hope no matter what you believe, with out hope this world would be a very different place and we all know it even if we dont want to admit it.
Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that it is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come right away there is still that chance all through your life that it will. So never give up, never stop believing, it will come I am sure of it.
So I HOPE all of you have a very special year and I will continue to be here for all of you that need someone. Have a Very Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year. Now I leave you with this beautiful poem.
Christmas
by Peter Marshall
We yearn, our Father, for the simple beauty of Christmas -- for all the old familiar melodies and words that remind us of that great miracle when He who had made all things was one night to come as a babe, to lie in the crook of a woman's arm.
Before such mystery we kneel, as we follow the shepherds and Wise Men to bring Thee the gift of our love -- a love we confess has not always been as warm or sincere or real as it should have been. But now, on this Christmas Day, that love would find its Beloved, and from Thee receive the grace to make it pure again, warm and real.
We bring Thee our gratitude for every token of Thy love, for all the ways Thou hast heaped blessings upon us during the years that have gone.
And we do pray, Lord Jesus, that as we celebrate Thy birthday, we may do it in a manner well pleasing to Thee. May all we do and say, every tribute of our hearts, bring honor to Thy name, that we, Thy people, may remember Thy birth and feel Thy presence among us even yet.
May the loving kindness of Christmas not only creep into our hearts, but there abide, so that not even the return to earthly cares and responsibilities, not all the festivities of our own devising may cause it to creep away weeping. May the joy and spirit of Christmas stay with us now and forever.
In the name of Jesus, who came to save His people from their sins, even in that lovely name we pray. Amen."
Thank you, John, the best of the season to you and yours as well.
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